Powder-can.



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A F.v Poom. PowDER GAN. APPLIUATIN FILED MAY 6, 1907.

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To ail whom it 'may concern:

Be 1t known that I, Armen F. Foorn, a

citizen of the Unn'vl tes and resident or New i ork city, borough ofBrooklyn, New

York heve invented certain new end useful lm rovements in Powder-Cans orwhich the l .P u 7 i' following is a specmcation.

Cans or boxes for tooth powder and the like are usually provided withmovable caps having one or more apertures for the outflow ci the powder,but they are frequently left open so that moistureA or water will enterand dampen or wet the powder, and the volatileor medicinal parts of thepow -der well as the fragrance will evaporate rdissipete through .suchopening, therehy ref.

unng the quality oi the powder. The ohlect ormy invention is to providemeans to automatically close the can outlet or mouth when it stands onend, and permit the ready exit of the powder when inverted.

In carrying out my invention l provide a weighted stopper adapted to itwithinand close the can outlet when standing on end and to move awayfrom such outlet and open the saine when. inverted, with means tocontrol the movements of such stopper, the stopper ot such-shapetope-finit 'the reedy oi powder past the stopper when the can isinverted.

The invention also comprises the novel details of improvement that willbe more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure l is a side view of a powder can partly in section embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is a corresponding view of art thereof inverted Fig. 3is a section on t eline 3, 3, in Fig. i., Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a guide for the sto per.l

Simi ar numerals of reference indicate corres onding parts in theseveral views. 'ilhe numeral 1 indicates a can or receptacle ofanysuitable construction provided I with an outlet or opening 24 adapted tobe closed by astopper when standing on end. At 4 is a 'neck on the canprovided with an opening 5, which neck may loe-,secured to the can Ainany Well-known manner, and is of greater area than .opening 2 providinga ledge or. `iange la in which opening 2 is formed.

The stopper is shown of substantially conlical form soasto dependthrough opening 2 Specification of Letters -Patent.

Application filed may G, 1907.

Patented J'll'lne 16, 1908.

Serial No. 372,172.

and hang upon the edges of said opening for closing the same. Whilestopper 3 can slide freely within neck 4, l have shown a guiding frameor cage 6 within neck 4 receiving stop per 3 so as to guide said stopperand hold it at a distance from. neck 4 to permit the ready low of'powder around the stopper.

lThis frame vor cage may he made of wire or strips 6 hentintostapleslike form, crossed at th'e' top, and secured together and to thecap 4L of neck 4 by solder or any other suitable means. The lower' endsof the arms -of the frame or cage 6 may rest against theledge of iiange.la to assist in guiding the stopper.

The length oi" stopper 3 is such that when the een is inverted and theouter end. oi` neck 4 o. c stopper will project into or through outlet 2so that the stopper will always be guided through said outlet. The neck4 may have n. cover '7 fitted to rotate thereon, as by means ofcomplemental grooved portions 4l, 7b of the neck and cover, and seidcover may also have an opening ifL to register with the opening 5 of theneck to permit the outiiow of powder in the positions shown in the d"vines, .a whereby the opening 5 may be ci@ er en cover .7 isrotated.

The stopper be made of suitahie relatively heavy Vutterial so as to iitfirmly in the outlet or opening 2, and when the can is placed on end, asin Figs. l and 4, the stopper 3 willl close outlet 2 to prevent theentrance of water ormoisture and the escape of the flavor,

yodor, eta-of the powder whether the cover 7 1s turned'to close outlet 5or not.

When the' can is to he used it is inverted as in Fig. 2, and stopper 3will slide outwardly to open outlet Z-,and permit the powder to iiowthrough neck 4 around the stopper and out through openings 5 and '7a.

Having now described my invention what 'I claim 1s 1. A receptacleprovided an outlet,

.a stopper adapted to hang at the edges of said outlet, and a'framecomprising crossed staple-like members secured together and to thereceptacle inclosing said stopper to limit its outward movement and toguide the stopper as it slides. 4

2. A receptacle provided with-an outlet in its. top wall, a cone-likestopper adapted to hang at the edges of said outlet, a neckattached tothe receptacle over said outlet and of greater areathan the outlet topermit the stopper to hang therefrom, said neck being l'providedWitrhfan op(exillgJ frame eompris-l and .provdedvwth an opening adatred-Tte?- mghlqrssed s tlpledlikefmemers secured register with theopening 'of the nec 'Wit 'n sai l1166:""911 inclsin'g't e stopper to'limit thefo'utwerd movement ofthe stopper SA F' 5 'when /he receptacleis inv'exited, and to pery Witnesses:

@agmipowderhbo ass through the 4frame past T. F; BOURNE,'

-fv-the-.steppeh anr `aI cover fda-tedA on said neck MARIE F. WAINRIGHT.

